McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Beanland, Arthur, 1828-1883
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Description area
Dates of existence
1828-1883
History
Rev. Arthur Beanland was born on December 9, 1828, in Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
He was converted to Primitive Methodist in his 14th year. Soon after the conversion, Arthur became a Sunday School teacher. In 1846, he became a local preacher and entered the ministry in 1852. He also studied geology and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1873. He was the author of “Glances through the gates: or, sketches of paradise”, 1873 and “The world before Adam: or, geological footprints of Jehovah”, 1876.
He died on December 6, 1883, in Long Ditton, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.